Australia leads world in household solar panel installations

 

Australia has the highest rate of household solar panel installation in the world, according to a new report from the Energy Supply Association of Australia.

"We're clearly leading the world in rooftop solar," said the association's chief executive, Matthew Warren.
"There's literally daylight [coming in] second."
The report found about 15 per cent of Australian homes had solar panels.
"The country that's nearest to us is Belgium with about 7 per cent and most other countries are in low single digits, so we're kind of pioneering the experiment of rooftop solar and the world is watching," Mr Warren said.
Installation rates are highest in South Australia and Queensland, and in some Brisbane and Adelaide suburbs more than half of all homes have solar panels.